Press releases in 2011

The international community must send a clear message that those responsible for extrajudicial executions, torture and enforced disappearances in Yemen will be brought to justice as part of any...

There are fears for the safety of a former vice-president of the Bahrain Teacher’s Association after she was arrested in heavy-handed fashion before dawn this morning after recently speaking out about...

In reaction to news that a 20-year old Tibetan nun, Tenzin Wangmo, set herself on fire and died on Monday, near Kirti monastery in Ngaba County, Sichuan province, Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s...

Amnesty International today warned Basildon Council that they had a duty to observe international human rights laws and standards and urged further discussion ahead of an imminent proposed forced...

*Shalit never allowed Red Cross visits *Forcibly exiling 41 Palestinian prisoners would violate international humanitarian law The prisoner exchange involving Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and 477...

Internationally-acclaimed artists and designers were among the dozens of men and women who called for the immediate release of wrongly imprisoned Azerbaijani activist Jabbar Savalan at a prestigious...

‘It's encouraging that the UK authorities are taking the threat to ex-pat Syrians seriously’ - Neil Sammonds Responding to news that the Syrian ambassador to the United Kingdom has been called to the...

Malawi should arrest wanted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and surrender him to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Amnesty International said today. Al-Bashir is due in Malawi on Friday 14...

Captured Gaddafi soldiers, suspected loyalists and alleged mercenaries being tortured into ‘confessing’ to pro-Gaddafi crimes The new authorities in Libya must stamp out arbitrary detention and...

Move by US authorities welcomed after pattern of harassment revealed The US authorities’ arrest of a man accused of spying on Syrian activists in the country has been welcomed by Amnesty International...